Oil-stove top



(No Model.)

H. MCGONNELL.

OIL STOVE TOP.

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HUGH MGGONNELL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

OIL-STOVE TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,302, dated August9, 1881.

Application filed May 17, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH MGGONNELL, of Cleveland, county of Ouyahoga,State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oil-StoveTops; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings,'which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists in the combinations of devices and applianceshereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the stove-top,showing one of the end pieces detached and slightly removed from theadjacent section. Fig.2 is a longitudinal central section through thetopof the stove. Fig. 3 is a section along y 3 The object of theinvention is to produce an oil-stove topinwhich the heat of the lampwill be prevented from wasteful outside diffusion and directed againstthe cooking utensils, and also to facilitate repair of the stove-top.

It consists in a novel construction and means of connecting separablecentral and end sections of an oil-stove top, as will be hereinafterfully described, and specifically pointed outin the claims.

In the drawings, Fig. 2, A is a lamp of any ordinary construction.

The stovetop is composed of a central section, B, two removable endsections, B, and semicircular tin shields B The ends of the centralsection each have a central lug, b, so that with a bolt, 1), and nut bas shown in Fig. 2, it may be secured to the end sections, as shown. Therim of each of the end sections projects over the margins of the topplate of the central section and into recesses formed in the top plate,as shown at 12 Fig. 1. There is also cast solid with this end section anelevated open scroll-work,flatupon its upper surface, to form a flatrest for cooking utensils, and which obviates the objection before namedto the use of points or pins. The rest, being elevated, leaves a spacebetween the bottom of the cooking utensil and the top of the stove,

for the heated air to escape therefrom. To this scroll-work are castlegs b which extend down to and rest upon the bottom of the centralsection, as shown in Fig. 2. These legs, with thejoints b and the boltat I), make a stiff structure, which will sustain anyusual weight. Thetin shield B has an upturned rim, 11 which closes the space beneath theend piece. B, and directs all the heat up against the cooking-utensil.

It is' frequently the case, in shipping and handling, and even in usingsuch stoves, that the light end portions of the castings are broken; butshould one of these removable end pieces be thus broken it alone can berenewed at very slight expense.

The central section, B, is composed of an upper plate and a lower plate,the latter having upright sides so constructed that when the two areplaced together they constitute a longitudiual line.

What -I claim is 1. An oil-stove top composed of a central section, B,having the top and bottom plates separated by an intervening space, thetop plate being recessed at the ends, and two removablv-attached endsections provided with open-work utensil-supports arranged to extendinto said recesses, and having legs resting upon the bottom plate,substantially as described.

2. An oil-stove top with a removable end piece having cast solidtherewith an elevated open scroll-work for supporting a cookingutensil,and legs beneath for resting upon the lower plate of the centralsection, substantially as described.

3. A stove-top consisting of a central section composed of an upper andlower plate and removable end pieces, in connection with joints b andbolts at b, the construction, being such that the parts are all securedtogether by the bolts atb alone, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

HUGH MOOONNELL.

Witnesses:

HENRY F. QUELoH, FRED. O. PAIGE.

